“Blue
Gold” is a little-known West Coast rock masterpiece from 1973. Al Manfredi’s dreams of securing a record deal
with this album faded, but he spent the rest of his life recording music.Born into a musical family Al started writing
songs when he was child. As a teenager in 1965, he formed the Nuts & Bolts
in the small beach town of San Clemente, CA. Inspired by the Kinks, the Beatles and the
Byrds, the group separated themselves from the pack by also performing original
material written by Manfredi and band mate Mike Ingram. In late 1966 they changed their name to the
Lost & Found and relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, where they cut a rare
single, “Don’t Move Girl” b/w “To Catch the Sun,” which now commands high coin
from ‘60s garage collectors.When they
returned to San Clemente in early 1967 their music had taken a more psychedelic
direction. The Lost & Found were riding high that year, until tragedy
struck. Ingram was found hanged under suspicious circumstances and soon after
Lost & Found drummer Mike Ryer died of cancer at the age of 19.
Heartbroken, Manfredi gave up on the band scene completely and moved to Garden
Grove to teach at his family’s music store. Alone, behind closed doors, he kept
writing songs and working on his music, recording hours of tapes, often
tracking all the instruments himself.In
1973 he chose six of his best songs, some of them written back in the Lost
& Found days, and had them custom-pressed as an LP. Only a handful of
copies were pressed, and most of these were sent out to various record
companies in the hope of landing a deal. Despite the outstanding quality of the
music, there were no takers.Decades
later, collectors discovered the album and hailed it a West Coast rock
masterpiece. In his “Acid Archives” book, Patrick Lundborg called its discovery
a “deus ex machine” (unexpected pleasure), comparing it to David Crosby’s first
solo album and Hawaii-era Merrell Fankhauser, “not just because of the acutely
captured mellowness, but the self-confidence and the talent.”Al Manfredi died in 1995. This 2CD version of the album, with Manfredi’s
story told by Ugly Things’ founder Mike Stax, presents the complete package of
an incredible lost and found artist.EXCELLENT!!

Fronted by
Aussie legend Dom Mariani, who came to prominence on the music scene in the 80s
with legendary garage rock combo The Stems, and later went on to form revered
power
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Scorpio MonologuePrice: $12.00Artist: David Brookings & the Average LookingsDescription:

David Brookings has been a part of the indie pop scene since
releasing his first record in 2000 at the tender age of 21. While David
Brookings catalog contains several fine albums, Scorpio Monologue stands
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Eytan’s
seventh album has just arrived!“Since Description: “Listening to this new collection, a tribute to rockers Nada Surf, with less-than-zero knowledge of the band or its songs, turns out to be the smartest move I've made in awhile. Going in blind, I was able to judge the songs on their own merits and I didn't have to play the ‘Which Version is Better?’ game. These are the onl
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These are the earliest
professionally documented recordings of Chris and Sean Lund, aka "The Lund
Bros". The first portion of the record was the result of Geffen Records'
1995 funding of the band's stu
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The
Artwoods - Art Wood, Derek Griffiths, Malcolm Pool, Keef Hartley and future
Deep Purple organist Jon Lord - recorded for Decca, Parlophone and Fontana from
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NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!!Glasgow's magnificent PearlfishersMoving away from his traditional
pop and rock efforts of the past, now coming from New Orleans to Memphis, dark
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Marty SchneiderExceptional cover stories for this landmark issue
include the tragic mystery story of the Lost & Found from California,
an expansive interview with writer/musician/archivist Lenny Kaye (
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